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Does the scientific method no longer apply to medicine?
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p7 (Published 04 January 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p7
- G Keith Ions, retired orthopaedic surgeon1,
- George Hargate, retired GP2
- 1Dalston, Cumbria, UK
- 2Middlesbrough, UK
- keithions10{at}gmail.com
It seems that the scientific method no longer applies to medical research. We say this because for most scientific disciplines the raw data used by the paper’s authors can be obtained to re-run the analysis and check any areas of concern or doubt.
While Loder writes that some medical journals, including The BMJ, “now require research …
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